During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history could…
MOBILE GIRL SAID PRETTIEST IN UNITED STATES By Benjamin D. Baker Federal Writers' Progressing Council Chamber, City Hall Mobile, Alabama November 21, 1939 Marquis…
Abraham Mordecai was an early settler who lived his last days in Dudleyville, Alabama in a log cabin.Below is a sketch of him written…
Andrew Jackson Beard An Inventor (1849-1921) "Andrew Jackson Beard was born a slave on a plantation near Mt. Pinson in Jefferson County, Alabama about…
BIG CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH Organized in 1823 Oldest in Pickens County By Marion Johnson written in 1940 The First Baptist church to be…
A PIONEER ALABAMA DOCTOR'S LEDGER1 edited by Rhoda Coleman Ellison (Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 04, Winter 1981) A ledger…
In 1938, Byron Thornhill, a Tuscaloosa County resident and president of a local labor union, went all the way to the United States Supreme…
Cullman is the county seat of Cullman County, in the north-central part of the county, on Brindley Mountain, about 2 miles west of Little…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY.*1 By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER VI. Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
(This is a transcription of a letter written in 1858 is about Alabama Indians by Gen. Woodward to historian Albert J. Pickett) Wheeling, Winn…
A LETTER FROM AUBURN Correspondence of the Republican Written 1859 Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02, Summer Issue 1956. Mr.…
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LaPLACE METHODIST CHURCH*1 By Mary DeBardeleben Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02, Summer Issue 1956 (Mary…
This transcription of a news article was published in the April 18, 1866, edition of the Union Springs' Times, Bullock County, Alabama. It reveals…
After the Civil War in 1866, scouts from the North were sent by the Federal Government to the South to retrieve Union soldiers' bodies…
Here are the organizers of the Sons of the Revolution in Alabama. Many Alabama citizens can trace their ancestry back to Alabama Revolutionary War…
The Thomas Jefferson is well known for having a rooftop zeppelin mooring mast. Builders of the hotel created a tower for what was believed to…
This story is typical of many immigrants to Alabama in the early days. The Curtis Sisters and ‘On to Alabama’ (public story contributed by…
Did you know.......? "On April 12, 1887, Henry DeBardeleben and his partners sold the first lots for the new city of Bessemer, Alabama located…
The following transcription about Fairhope was written and compiled by Francois Ludgere Diard March 24, 1939, and from a Vacation Visit to the two…
Below is the monument about Lafayette's visit at Claiborne, Alabama in 1825 (Carol Highsmith 2010 Library of Congress) Words on the monument state: Piache, an Indian…
MEMORIES By W. O. Perry (Please Note: This transcribed story was written in 1927 and contains language which is not appropriate to use today)…
Excerpts from the History of Coosa County, Alabama Chapter One By Rev. George E. Brewer (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04,…
In the story Native Americans fought on both sides of the Civil War , only the five Native American tribes were mentioned. The Catawba Indians have often…
Hueytown Debate Team April 4, 1939 (from Times Daily, Florence, Alabama April 4, 1939) Members of the Hueytown high school debating team, shown…
(4-H centers were once a central part of many schools. Many young people learned valuable skills for life in 4-H) 4-H Clubs are still…
(This is a great story about John Hunt, founder of Huntsville, Alabama. It is sad that his gravesite was ignored for many years.) The…
(Interesting account of daily life in early 1800 Alabama for a pioneer family.) Billy Hutchinson Lived Among Indians Story on Ancestry.com by Donald Brown …
Photo by : Carmen K. Sisson/Cloudybright It's a shame this interesting 1935 film is not in color so you can truly…
Do you love grits and eggs? You can thank the Native Americans for introducing them to our southern diet. An article from the Tuscaloosa…
(Many people in Alabama changed their views on slavery as this story reveals)The Alabama County of Calhoun was created by the legislature December 18,…
![The picturesque, historic town of Cullman, Alabama was hit by EF4 tornado in 2011, but did not let it break them [see photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/historic-house-carol-highsmith-2010-220x146.jpg)
![Have you ever heard of these ghost towns in Baldwin County, Alabama? [vintage pictures]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Atkinson-Till-House-State-Highway-59-Tensaw-Baldwin-County-AL-by-photographer-W.-N.-Manning-1939-e1414903216875-220x151.jpg)
![[film & old pictures] Can you believe the Masonic building where the Marquis de Lafayette was hosted in 1825 is still standing?](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Monument-about-Lafayette-220x147.jpg)
![UPDATED WITH PODCAST Why was there a mystery about John Hunt the sheriff, founder of Huntsville?[film & photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Huntsville_from_High_Mountain_Road-220x40.jpg)
![Azaleas in Mobile, older than the state [photographs and video]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pink-pride-azalea1-e1396724352998-220x85.jpg)
![This Alabama County changed it’s name over the issue of slavery [Many settlers surnames included]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Dudley-Snow-House-704-Snow-Street-Oxford-Calhoun-County-Alabama-220x146.jpg)